In britain , labouring under wartime rationing , planning was a practical problem .

在英国，苦于战时定量配给，（国家）计划是一个实际的问题。

High costs could also lead to excessive rationing , slowing development over the long term .

高企的成本也会导致定量供应下的资源超配，从长期来看也会降低发展的速度。

Naturally , rationing did not apply to military men or civil servants , who got free fuel allocations .

对于军人和公务员来说，他们能够免费获得燃油分配，定量配给政策自然也就不适用。

Soviet leaders were forever promoting brick-laying contests or rationing vodka , unaware that they were fighting human nature .

苏联领导人从来都在提倡砌砖比赛或定量配给伏特加，而对自己是在与人性为敌毫无知觉。

As I wrote a few weeks ago , the british , unlike americans , have positive memories of wartime austerity and even rationing .

如我几周前所写，不像美国，英国对战时的消费节制甚至定量配给有着正面的记忆。